So Far From the Bamboo Grove

I strongly want to recommend this book. I think that it is such a great book. No offense but I kind of want to recommend this book to Koreans. Most of the Koreans don’t like Japanese. Mostly because of Japanese occupied Koreans and it wasn't happy. Well, this is written in Japanese point of view. Before reading this book our teacher told us this book may contain something that Korean would not agree with if you know about Korean. Yes I found some of those problems. However, you got to know that if you look in different point of view you might have some things that you don't like. It is just like putting your foot into someone else's shoes. Yes it will feel uncomfortable because it is not your shoes. I think that it is the same way with looking at stories from different point of view. It is a great book. Read Read and Read! :)

So Far From the Bamboo Grove (character)

The book is getting really interesting and I want to keep on reading the book. This post, I want to talk about the characters that appear in the book. The main character Yoko is the youngest in the family. She is also called as “The Little One.” She is young so she kind of whines if something that she doesn’t like happens. Ko is second child. Older than Yoko but younger than Hideyo. The book shows how she thinks and acts older. She understands the situation and she accepts it quickly. The oldest and the only boy in the family is Hideyo. He is brave and nice. He tries to go in to the army, however since all the family disagrees with him he works in other places. Mother loves and cares, however we don’t get much information about her. The author only mentions father’s job. We don’t know how he acts like or what he thinks. The story is interesting and some character might develop or change! I’m looking forward it :)

So Far From the Bamboo Grove (setting)

I thought that this book might be really boring. However, as I read I found out lots of interesting things. It is about a Japanese girl named Yoko who is living in northern part of the Korea. She has a mother, a father, a sister, Ko, and a brother, Hideyo. It doesn’t mention the name of mother and father’s name. It is after the war and Anti-Japanese Korean Communist Army is trying to capture Japanese. Yoko and their family are trying to run away and get back to Japan. This is the setting of the “So Far From the Bamboo Grove." They are still findng more things out and I'm still finding lots of things about the characters. I think that the setting will change too.

Secret...

When I was in 2nd grade I had done something that I shouldn't have done. During that time little toy game where you can grow a monster. I really wanted that game; however my parents wouldn’t allow me to buy one. So one day I took all my money (since I’m in 2nd grade I didn't have much money) and went to stationary store. I bought one of them using almost all my money and brought it back home. Even though I knew that this wasn’t right, I just loved how I have this game now. But the problem was hiding it from my mother. For few days I kept it away from her. The game toy was sometimes under my bed, under my pillow, behind the book shelf and all the places that I was able to find. But one day, I was so into playing game that I didn’t notice that my mom came back home. She was mad at me; part of them because I bought this game without permission and another part was that I lied to her. I think this event shows how I sometimes risk something that is a bit dangerous.

Courage

When I fist entered a school called International school, I was freaked out. I only knew limited amount of English, and to tell you the truth, I was afraid of American. I have been in Korean School ever since kindergarten coming to place called international school was really scary. I really wanted to go back to my Korean School. I missed my friends. All the new teachers and friends were just too different. But I couldn't do anything. Just because of me coming and moving to this school, my mom and dad had to live apart. I just felt like saying that I want to move back to Korean School was not right. So I became courageous and tried my best to adjust in to International School. Now when I think about it, I am so glad that I haven’t told my mom about how I wanted to move back to Korean School. By attending International School, I got so many things. I got to know about God, I got to meet so many good teachers, and I got to know so much new friends. Maybe moving back to Korean School might have been a good choice. However I am glad that I’m student in International School, and I’m really proud of that I’m student in International School. I think this shows that I sometimes really can’t tell anyone something that I want. Most of the time, I notice my self just keeping all the things that I want or need to my self.